Printed Music, Getting music to a printed page Options

[ponpilot]

I would greatly appreciate any help or suggestions on any type of software or help in getting musical notes onto a properly formatted printed page of music. Any kind of software that would print forms anyone knows would be helpful. And I wondered if it even exists, but something where a note could be typed and it would appear on the staff ready for printing. Thanks so much, and God bless. Pon

[PeeBee]

Sibelius.
I use it every day to print everything from simple school worksheets to full symphonies. I teach music in a large 12-18 comprehensive in the uk and have been writing music for 3 decades and Sibelius really is the best thing since sliced bread.
You can scan scores in and edit on screen/print or just 4 bars. Sibelius recognises a bigger choice of instruments than you've ever heard of.
It does everything you could ever think of an lots more.
It costs big bucks and there's no lite version but sibelius 3 came out recently and you might be able to pick up 2 cheaply or secondhand.
Go to sibelius.com and ask for a sample cd.
It saves me hours a day.

[brendan]

I *completely* agree that Sibelius is a wonderful option, and if I could afford another $600 I'd go there in a heartbeat, but it would be a crime not to mention the completely FREE and viable option of:

Finale Notepad.

You can download it from here:

http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/